Angola vs Zambia
Angola vs Zambia: Military spending
Military spending in 2025: 1.4% of GDP in Angola and 1.26% of GDP in Zambia, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Angola, by 0.14 percentage points, or 1.11 times that in Zambia.
% of GDP · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Angola has been higher since 2025, when it overtook Zambia.
- In 2025, Angola ranked 89 and Zambia ranked 98 of 151 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
% of GDP · SIPRI
| Year | Angola | Zambia |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1.4 | 1.26 |
| 2024 | 1.03 | 1.33 |
| 2023 | 1.43 | 1.34 |
| 2022 | 1.43 | 1.12 |
| 2021 | 1.39 | 0.98 |
| 2020 | 1.81 | 1.17 |
| 2019 | 1.77 | 1.26 |
| 2018 | 1.96 | 1.44 |
| 2017 | 2.51 | 1.3 |
| 2016 | 2.73 | 1.43 |
| 2015 | 3.11 | 1.75 |
| 2014 | 4.7 | 1.63 |
| 2013 | 4.46 | 1.36 |
| 2012 | 3.24 | 1.36 |
| 2011 | 3.26 | 1.32 |
| 2010 | 4.18 | 1.38 |
| 2009 | 4.71 | 1.73 |
| 2008 | 3.57 | 2.08 |
| 2007 | 3.11 | 2.06 |
| 2006 | 3.76 | 1.74 |
| 2005 | 3.69 | 1.85 |
| 2004 | 3.47 | 1.58 |
| 2003 | 3.76 | – |
| 2002 | 2.87 | – |
| 2001 | 4.52 | – |
| 2000 | 6.39 | – |
| 1999 | 17.33 | 1.65 |
| 1998 | 2.64 | – |
| 1997 | 5.97 | 1.01 |
| 1996 | 2.45 | 1.05 |
| 1995 | 4.71 | 1.45 |
| 1994 | 5.71 | 1.72 |
| 1993 | 17.52 | 1.43 |
| 1992 | 5.68 | 2.71 |
| 1991 | 7.1 | 2.34 |
| 1990 | 17.46 | 3.41 |
| 1989 | 19.43 | 4.2 |
| 1988 | 21.98 | 2.39 |
| 1987 | 22.25 | 3.22 |
| 1986 | 0 | 3.66 |
| 1985 | 0 | 2.36 |
| 1984 | – | 3 |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- What the country spends on its armed forces and defence, as a share of its economy, by SIPRI’s count.
- Source: Information from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) Military Expenditure Database, https://doi.org/10.55163/CQGC9685.
- Ranks count the 151 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Angola vs Zambia
Health
- Life expectancyAngola: 64.6 years in 2023Zambia: 66.4 years in 2023
- Child mortalityAngola: 4.9 per 100 live births in 2024Zambia: 4.8 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityAngola: 48.6 per 1,000 live births in 2023Zambia: 38.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionAngola: 4.16% in 2017Zambia: 3.64% in 2017
- Suicide rateAngola: 12 per 100,000 people in 2017Zambia: 13.1 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationAngola: 36.8 million people in 2023Zambia: 20.7 million people in 2023
- Population growthAngola: 3.06% a year in 2023Zambia: 2.83% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateAngola: 5.12 births per woman in 2023Zambia: 4.1 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationAngola: 71.5% in 2025Zambia: 45.9% in 2025
- Median ageAngola: 16.5 years in 2023Zambia: 17.5 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overAngola: 2.8% in 2023Zambia: 1.9% in 2023
- Net migration rateAngola: -0 per 1,000 people in 2023Zambia: 0.5 per 1,000 people in 2023
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Military
- Military spending in US dollarsAngola: $1.26B in 2025Zambia: $343M in 2025
- Military spending per personAngola: $38 in 2025Zambia: $19 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingAngola: 5.9% of government spending in 2025Zambia: 4.5% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelAngola: 117,000 people in 2020Zambia: 16,000 people in 2020
- National powerAngola: 0.29% of world capability in 2022Zambia: 0.1% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersAngola: 0.87% of the labour force in 2020Zambia: 0.24% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsAngola: 84 million TIV in 2025Zambia: 1 million TIV in 2024
- Arms exportsAngola: 2 million TIV in 2002Zambia: 2 million TIV in 1990